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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapter 4 The Man of Two Minds, Section 6 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 1 | Part 2, Chapter 5 Agassiz, Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ___________ published many newspaper columns and books through donations or self-publication.
(a) William James.
(b) Charles Lowell.
(c) Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Henry James Sr.

2. Henry Dana, Charles Sumner and Charles Adams wanted to use the governmental system to stop the spread of slavery. They were _________.
(a) Democrats.
(b) Separationists.
(c) Conscious Whigs.
(d) Republicans.

3. During the Civil War _________ spent ninety days with the Newport Artillery, but then spent the rest of the war studying medicine at Harvard.
(a) Henry Abbott.
(b) Henry James.
(c) William James.
(d) Charles Lowell.

4. The Battle of the Wilderness was fought by generals Lee and ________.
(a) Grant.
(b) McClellan.
(c) Wright.
(d) 'Stonewall Jackson.'

5. After the murder of ________ Emerson's distrust of the South grew as did his affiliation with the abolitionists.
(a) James.
(b) Phillips.
(c) Lovejoy.
(d) Holmes Sr.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ was an officer in the Union Army and was known to many as Captain for the rest of his life.

2. Holmes was not present for the Battle of Fredericksburg and viewed it as _________.

3. In January of 1861, Richard Hallowell hired Holmes as a body guard for __________.

4. Holmes sat on the Supreme Court for _______ years.

5. The military leaders during the time of the civil war were often chosen due to __________.

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